Shower control attachment in combination with a shower head



y .1959 B. BERRY 2,893,648

SHOWER CONTROL ATTACHMENT IN COMBINATION WITH A SHOWER HEAD 1 Filed Aug. 18,1958

I f \\\\\\wi SHOWER G NE-R01. 'A'ITAGIME T N C NATION Wrrn A SHOWER anh1 n$W ing m Applic'ation--Ai1gust18,1958, SerialNo. 155,770 3 Claims. (21. zen-499 This invention relates to a control device attachment for a shower bath head.

This attachment guides and concentrates the flow of water from the shower head preferably over the shouldersof the bather and down over the bather Without wetting its face or hair, in fact the shower spray can be controlled and placed where needed or wanted by the 11861.

It is an object of this attachment to prevent an excessive wetting of the whole inside of the shower stall or room and thereby retard the deterioration of the walls thereof.

It is an object of this invention to provide means whereby it may be adjustable and maintained in adjusted condition as to the length of the attachment.

It is a further object of this invention to provide for limited oscillation for the attachment and thereby constitute a further control feature in its operation.

It is a further object of this invention to make a shower bath more inviting to the ladies which results from the manual control of the guide attachment in combination with the shower head.

It is a further object of this invention to produce a resilient attachment guide constituting a body disposed in a position representing an inverted frustum of a cone.

It is also an object of this invention with a resilient top portion whereby it may be snapped over a shower head preferably, from beneath said head and maintained thereon in detachable relation.

Further objects of this invention will appear in connection with the detailed description made in connection with the drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of the complete combination showing the attachment fully extended.

Fig. 2 is a view in elevation with the guide attachment fully extended but with the spiral winding of the resilient sheet material appearing in reverse from that shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an elevational view of the whole combination with the guide attachment fully collapsed and maintained in such condition.

Fig. 4 is an elevational view of the complete combination with the guide attachment partially collapsed and maintained in such adjustable condition.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the resilient top portion of the guide attachment.

Fig. 6 is a modified perspective view of one form of resilient top portion of the guide attachment adapted to snap over the shower head.

Fig. 7 is an elevational view indicating that if by chance the shower head is disconnected the guide can he slipped downwardly over the shower head.

This invention as disclosed on the drawings constitutes a combination of a shower hear H with a water flow guide 10 resiliently attachable in a snapover relation to said head H.

The water flow guide 10 is preferably made up spirally ige - 2 as shown of suitable resilient sheet strip material such as sheet strip of "spring "steel preferably treated to retard corrosion, stainless spring steel, 'or anyv other non-corrosive 'sheet material, Thefatta'ch'ment guide 10, comprises in contour,"a frustum of acone 10'made up of suitable resilient sheet'strip material 10s wound in spiral fashion as clearly disclosed. The top Portion 11 is slitted in a suitable nianner'to increase readily expan'sibility, whereby the guide W attachment 10 can readily be snapped'over the'shower head H.

In'the modification Fig, 6, the uppermost convolution 11 ofthe cone 10 i'ss "tdllOu'gitudinally of the cone'but ra erse y of the s i .i iate al a shown at' w e as the 'sli'tting'in Fig. 5, is both longitudinally of the cone at 13 and longitudinally of the top convolution 11 as at 14 to define an inverted T-shaped slot.

In order to prevent undue expansion or extension of the spiral cone 10 a plurality of small chains or strands 15 are provided, applicant has shown two but more may be provided if found desirable.

These small chains or strands are provided with a series of books 16 suitably located so that the length of the guide cone 10 may be adjusted as to length and maintained in such adjustment by using suitable hooks 16 to hook over the upper edge of any suitable convolution of the cone.

In Fig. 7, it is noted that the shower head is removed from its source of water supply and further indicates that the attachment may be applied from above said head when so detached, it is preferable that the attachment may be added from below said head, therefore the resiliency and expansibility of the narrower end of said attachment 10, whereby it may be attached from beneath said head is preferable, since the head does not need to be detached from its source of supply. If the attachment is applied as indicated in Fig. 7, then the quality of resiliency would not be needed in the upper portion of the attachment, but such attachment would not prevent a limited free oscillation of said attachment on said head thereby providing for desired control by the bather.

It is to be noted that the control attachment 10 has a limited and confining quality whereby the stream of water is guided and confined within a limited area.

From the above detailed description plus the drawing the operation of the device appears to be obvious, furthermore it should be especially inviting to ladies when they know that everything is under their control.

Having disclosed my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a shower control attachment for a bath shower head, said attachment comprising a frustum of a cone, said frustum at its smaller end being resilient and expansible and adapted to snap over said shower head and be suspended therefrom, said frustum having a yieldable gripping action on said head and thereby provides for a limited oscillating movement to divert and have a limited control of the flow of water to a limited area on the bather, said frustum having a small coefficient of enlargement from its smaller upper end to its larger lower end whereby the water is guided and confined to a limited area at and adjacent its lower end.

2. In a shower bath control attachment for a shower head, said attachment comprising a tubular frustum of a cone, said frustum comprising a resilient strip of sheet material spirally wound and constituting said frustum, whereby said frustum can be adjusted as to length and completely collapsed, in combination with means on said frustum secured thereto to maintain said frustum in adjusted condition, said frustum having a small coefficient of enlargement whereby the stream of water from said head is confined and guided to a limited area of the bather, said means to maintain adjustment comprises a plurality of strands of material having the ends thereof, respectively, secured to said frustum, each of said strands being provided with a series of small hooks suitably placed and secured thereon intermediate the ends thereof, whereby selected hooks may be hooked over the upper edge of a selected convolution of said strip material to maintain said frustum adjusted.

3. In a shower bath control attachment for a bath shower head, said attachment comprising a frustum of a cone, said frustum constituting spirally wound resilient strip sheet material, the smaller end of said frustum being slitted to provide readily yieldable gripping portions, whereby said frustum may be snapped over saidvshower head and maintained detachably thereon, in combination with a plurality of strands of material having the ends thereof, respectively, secured to the upper and lower end of said frustum, whereby to prevent undue expansion of said frustum, said frustum having a smalljcoefiicient of enlargement, whereby the stream of waterfront said head is confined and guided to a limited area of the bather, said frustum is adjustable as to length, each of said strands having a series of small hooks secured thereon intermediate its ends, whereby said frustum may be maintained in adjusted position by selected hooks hooked over the upper edge of a selected convolution of said frustum.

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